Fw: H-ASIA: Events re: SE Asia, UMMA Ann Arbor, Jan. 2013

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Subject: H-ASIA: Events re: SE Asia, UMMA Ann Arbor, Jan. 2013


> H-ASIA
> December 6, 2012
>
> Two events relating to Southeast Asian Art at the University of
> Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, January 12 and 25, 2013
> [extracted from the general UMMA events post)
> *****************************************************************
> From: Monica Kenzie <mkenzie@umich.edu>
>
> *January 2013 exhibitions and events:*
>
>
> *Ann Arbor Art Center Workshops*
>
> *Explore the Art and Culture of Southeast Asia
> Saturday, January 12, 1-4 pm*
> Multipurpose Room
>
> $28 UMMA and AAAC members and UM students/$35 non-members; lab fee $15,
> materials included. Advance registration required by Wednesday,
> January 9, 2013.
> Register online at annarborartcenter.org.
>
> Visit the Museum's South and Southeast Asian galleries with UMMA
> docent and Art Center instructor Susan Clinthorne, and then create an
> artwork based on the folk arts from that area of the world. Art will
> be created using soft pastels or acrylic paint. All levels welcome; no
> experience necessary.
>
> . . . .
>
> The Restoration of a Saung-Gauk: A Burmese Harp in Japanese Lacquer
> Friday, January 25, 4 pm
>
> Multipurpose Room
>
>
> This program centers upon a lacquer and gold-leaf decorated Burmese
> harp, or saung-gauk. Carved from the root of the saung tree, this
> particular harp was donated by UM alumna Patricia Matusky-Yamaguchi to
> the University of Michigan Museum of Art after it was painstakingly
> restored by Clifton Monteith using lacquer and gold leaf.
>
> Clifton Monteith, an artist inspired by nature in both form and
> material, and Judith Becker, an expert on Southeast Asian music, will
> discuss the restoration and the cultural context of this important
> instrument. The harp, not yet on display at UMMA, will be on view
> before the lecture from 3:30 to 4 pm in the Object Study
> Room (lower level)
>
>
> Monteith has studied traditional lacquer technique in Japan since 1994
> and has incorporated this material in his own artwork, mostly
> furniture, lanterns, and vessels?all sculptural pieces made with
> natural materials.
>
>
> Becker, professor emerita of ethnomusicology, is an expert on
> Southeast Asian music, including the classical Burmese music for which
> this harp was used. Her most recent book is _Deep Listeners: Music,
> Emotion, and Trancing_ (2004).
>
> This lecture coincides with a special presentation of lacquerware
> made in Japan and the Ryukyu Islands from the Muromachi to Edo periods
> in the Japanese Gallery at the Museum. The presentation is supported
> by the Center for Japanese Studies. Cosponsored by the Center for
> Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for Japanese Studies, and the
> University of Michigan Museum of Art.
>
>
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